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. . " r igfp The Bamberg Herald. 1 * |?g ESTABLISHED 1S91. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY, JULY 5,1900. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. i| BETWEEN FIRE Hundreds of Peo Death at Ho PIERS UNO 1 SHIPS BURR - i Victims Were Cot Off From All Possible Escape?Property Loss of Steam, skip Company Will Aggregate | A New York snpHal savs: Almost 1 $10,000,000 worth of property was de- 1 stroyed, many lives were lost, many ( persons were injured and at least 1,500 ; lives were imperiled by a fire that i started among cotton bales under pier 1 3 of the North German Lloyd Steam- | ship Company in Hoboken, N. J., at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. ] In less than fifteen minutes the i flames covered an area a quarter of a 1 mile long, extending outward from the J actual shore line to the bulkheads, , from 600 to 1,000 feet away, and had | ignited four great oceau liners and a , dozen or more smaller harbor craft in \ its grasp. i Stories in regard to the loss of life ( immediately after the fire were con- < Acting, the number being variously j estimated from fifty to two hundred. ; Up to midnight Saturday night ten j bodies bad been recovered, but they were so badly burned that identification ] was impossible. r The hospitals in New York, Hobo- j ken and Jersey City are crowded with ^ the injured. From what can be learned the flames ( started among a large pile of cotton ( bales on pier 2 of the North German j * Lloyd Steamship company and spread t with such rapidity that in fifteen min- t nte8 the entire property of the company, covering over a mile of water t front "and consisting of three great s piers, was completely enveloped in flames. ( The people on the piers and on the c numerous vessels docked were unable ] to reach the street. There were great t gengs of workmen on the piers and c these, together with a number of peo- a pie who were at the docks on business and visitiug the ships, scattered in all ( directions. As all means of exit were a cut off by the flames, they were forced a to jump overboard, and it is believed T great number v^ere drowned. t At the docks of the North German ] Lloyd were the Saale, a single screw passenger ship of 4,965 gross tons; t the Bremen, a twin screw freight and passenger ship of 10,526 tons, and the i Main, a twin screw freight and passen- t ger ship of 10,200 gross tons. They all caught fire and were burned to the c water's edge. The Kaiser Wilhelm ? der Grosse, which had just come in, ] was the only one of the four big ves- i sels at the docks that escaped. v p The loss of the crews of these vessels is said to reach one hundred. ft The steamship Saale had been towed q down the river until it was just off Fort Liberty, where she had gathered D about her a ring of fireboats and tugs, v all fighting to save at least her hull. $ At varying distances about the burning ship lay coal and cotton barges, all D ablaze, each with one or more tugs a playing water upon it Some of these ;? barges and lighters were loaded with t ' very inflammable stuff, and the flames o leaped high in the air, while the heat 0 was so terrific that it was not possible to use the small hose of the tugs. ^ Along the Jersey shore small fires e - were blazing, started by the wreckage ^ from the great ships. - v On the New York side of the river d the fire caused the greatest excitement i as the drifting steamships floated, n all aflame, to the shore and brushed t, against the piers from Canal to Murray streets. The fire department was b called out at various points, and the b spectacle was presented of the fire- c men on shore trying to fight fires b at every minute changing their situa- b tion. |< There were hundreds of men on each q of the destroyed steamships and a few 0 women. Crowds of dock laborers and !/ also employees of the companies were j, on all the piers. Men, women and a children were on the canal boats, and g MILL ALSO VISITS LINCOLN. ft j I * ir Bx-Qovernor of New York Holds a Conference With Bryan. D Former Governor David 13. Hill, of b New York, accompanied by his private ti r secretary, P. J. Manwiller, and Gen- ^ oral J, 8. McEwan, of Albany, arrived r at Kansas City Saturday from St. ^ Louis, having left Albany on Friday. : Within two hoars after his arrival . Governor Hill departed for Lincoln to hold a conference with Mr. Bryan. Four of Fishing Party Drowned. F Four persons of a fishing party of C eight were drowned in the BostoD, a Mass., harbor Sunday by the overturn- n ing of their craft, a twenty-five foot n boat , G AflCRICANS ABANDONED GUNS. Corrected Report of Casualties Among T Our Troops at Pekin. The greatest anxiety exists concerning the foreigners at Pekin. Admiral ti Kempfif believes large re-enforcements F ate necessary to reach Pekin. Major f< Waller's command,, with 400 Russians, n was ambushed three miles from Tien n Tsin on June 21st. They were com- h polled to retreat. a The Americans abandoned a three- n inch rifle and a colts gun, losing four' h killed and seven wounded. S CLARK HAS FULL HAND. Goes to Democratic Convention Pre- R pared to Help Boom Things. W. A Clark, who is reputed to be ready to contribute SI,000,000 to the s< Democratic fund provided he is given n recognition and a seat for himself aud v delegates at the national convention, left Butte by special train for Kausas h City Saturday with his contesting li delegation. Mr. Clark also took with c him a brass band and half a hundred e of fritnd?t v i $ : } ft*'?:-. '' f - " ; AND WATER pie Meet Tragic boken, N. J. men on the barges and lighters, and when the fire made its quick descent upon them escape was cut off before they realized their awful position. The people on the piers jumped in the water to save themselves, and scores of men huddled under the piers, clinging to the 6npports, only to be suffocated by the flames or to Irop back in the water from exhaustion. The greatest loss of lifo appears to have been on the Saale. Up to 11 o'clock Sunday night only eighteen bodies had been recovered. Eleven of these were pl&oed in a row at the morgue in New York city aDd numbered, this being the only means nf obtaining any sort of identity over the corpses. The only way the steamship officials have of approximating the loss of life is by comparing the list of those reported safe with the list of the employes of the steamships. Late Sunlay night Gnstav Schwab, general agent of the North German Lloyd line, ?ave out a list showing what men on ?ach vessel had been missing up to that hour. On the Saale 255 men irere employed and 127 of these had >nly been accounted for up to 11 Vclock, leaving 128 men actually employed as officers, sailors, engineers, ioal passers, oilers and trimmers to be accounted for. The Bremen had 204 men on board, aut only 127 of these have been found, rhe Mam had only 137 on her at the ;ime and of these 76 have been reported safe. ? The North German Lloyd officials leny that any passenger was lost, and leclare that few, if any, visitors pershed, and that the loss of life was alnost entirely among the employes of he company. The loss on the steamship proper nn.mv\iaa ia ICO OLI Li l VI UIUC& vwv??Mw*v%>y ipproximately, as follows: The steamship Main, of the North Jerman Lloyd line, cost $1,500,000 mtside of the cargo, fitting and stores. The loss is placed at $1,200,000 for he vessel and about $400,000 for the argo fittings and stores that were iboard of her. The steamship Bremen, of the North German Lloyd line, cost $1,200,000 ind her fittings and cargo were valued it $300,000.) The cargo and stores rere entirely consumed and the loss o the vessel proper will amount to at east $700,000. She is beached off Veehawken, entirely destroyed, save ier machinery. , The Saale, the steamship which will tave the most horrible story of death o uufold when the divers go down in ier, cost the North German Lloyd ompany $1,250,000, and the fittings ,nd the cargo were valued at $300,000. ihe Saale is beached at Ellis island. ?he damage to the vessel proper is >laced at about $600,000. The damage done to the Kaiser Wiltelm der Grosse is estimated at $25,00. The three docks of the North German Loyd line which burned to the rater's edge are estimated to have cost 300,000. The docks were well filled with aercliandise just received from abroad nd valued at $350,000. The Thing valla pier, which was enirely consumed, was valued at $50,00, counting the stores which were n it T'Vio TTomA moriVon linA fJncV. JLUU uniuwuig v V. v ???| rhich bad just* been completed as an xtension to their great pier, and rhich was destroyed in order to preent the spread of the dames, was amaged to the extent of $5,000. ?his was the only loss they sustained 8 the steamer Phonenicia, contrary o reports, was not even scorched. Of the warehouses of Palmer Camp>ell, houses E, F, G and H were nrned. Mr. Campbell said that he ould not give a definite estimate of is losses just now, but the damage to wildings alone would amount to at ?ast $50,003, and the contents $1,250,* 00. Had the fire occurred at any ther time of the year, he said, the !)ss would have been much greater, as ist at the present time the imports re very light and the houses not well lied. . : . President Pardons Lawyer. Lowery Humes, formerly a promient lawyer of Memphis, Tenn., has een released from the Ohio peniteniary on a commutation of sentence by be president. He was convicted of staining $15 over the amount allowed y law from the pension secured for a lient. Britons Surround Boers. According to a report received in Pretoria from Missels farm General Ilery, with the Fourth brigade, has rrived at that place, which is nine liles from Standerton. His move?. 1hamminor in nf JCUI WLupirico luu u..~D ? reneral Dewet. ANCIENT SPANISH CANNON o Mark Lieutenant Brumby's Resting Place Arrive In Atlanta. The two ancient bronze cannon capired by the American troops in the 'hilipines and taken from the Spanish >rt at Manila, arrfved in Atlanta Satrdiiy and will adorn the handsome lonument which is to be erected in onor of the memory of Flag Lieutennt Tom Brumby, who was with Adliral Dewey wheu he dashed into the arbor of Manila and silenced the punish batteries. SLEW FIFTY FILIPINOS. [esult of a Week's Scouting By Our Troops In Luzon. A Manila special says: A week's couting in northern Luzon resulted a fifty rebels being killed and forty rounded. One American was killed. of?nrr in north Ilocos **VV^O ? iave burned six of the barracks beDngiug to General Tino's forces and aptured Tino's correspondence. Genral Tino, with 200 of his men armed rith rides, succeeding in escaping, PROHIPARTY IN CONVENTION (lathered In Chicago With Nearly Seven Huodred Delegates. A ONE-PLANK PLATFORM. Campaign Will Be Waged Solely Against Liquor Traffic. I The prohibition party will make its national campaign this year upon a platform of a single issue?the liquor traffic?all other issues being subordinated to this one question. The national convention of the prohibitionists met in Chicago "Wednesday and in three sessions, morning, afternoon and evening, cleared up all business except the nominations for president and vice president, which went over for Thursday morning. The convention in point of numbers was considered ono of the greatest ever i held by the advocates of cold water. Just privious to the fall of the gavel the delegates from New England states marched into the hall in a body, each carrying a canteen stamped with the letters U. S. inverted and bearing the legend "Anti-Cauteen." They were liberally applauded. After the convention was called to order Chairman Stewart proceeded to deliver a formal address. The report of the committee on permanent organization and order of business recommended Samuel Dickie, of Michigan, for permanent chairmaD and Colonel R. S. Cheves, of Tennessee, for permanent secretary. It was adopted. The platform says in part: "We declare there is no principle now advocated by any other party which could be made a fact in government with such beneficent, moral and material results as the principle of prohibition, applied to the beverage liquor traffic, that the national interest could not be promoted in any otner way so surely and widely as by its assertion, through a national policy and the co-operation therein of every state, forbidding the manufacture, sale, exportation, importation and transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes; that we stand for this as the only principle proposed by any party anywhere for the settlement of a question greater and graver than any other before the American people and involving more profoundly than any other their future, and financial welfare and all the patriotic citizenship of this country agreed upon this principle, however much disagreement there may be to minor considerations and issues, should stand together at the ballot box from this time forward until prohibition is an established fact in the United States with a party in power to enforce it and to ensure its moral and material benefits. 44 We submit that the Democratic and Republican parties are alike insincere I m a.onmul rmllVr tft tmsts find AU luvu aoouuiuu ^v4?Vj ? monopolies. They, dare not and do not attack the most dangerous of them all, the liquor power. So loDg as the saloon debauches the citizen and breeds the purchasable voter, money will continue to buy its way to power. Break down this traffic, elevate manhood and a sober citizenship will find a way to control dangero'us combinations of capital." The platform was received with the wildest enthusiasm. Every sentence in condemnation of President McKinley was greated with shouts of approval and cries of "hit him again," the delegates standing on their chairs and yelling themselves hoarse. "I have another resolution commended by the committee on resolutions," said Professor Hopkins, the chairman. He then read the following: "Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention that the right of ballot shall not be denied any citizen on account of sex." After considerable discussion was had a rising vote was called for, and the platform and additional resolution favoring woman suffrage was adopted by a practically unanimous vote, amid a tempest of cheers. Some delegate started "Blessed Be the Tie That Binds," and the whole assemblage joined in a thunderous soDg of praise, even the throngs in the gallery taking up the old hymn. The convention then adjoorned until 9:80 o'clock Thursday morning. INAUGURATION OF DOLE Makes Third Epoch In Amerlcan-Hawaliaa History. An Associated Press dispatch says: The last of the three great epochmaking events in the history of the annexation of the Hawaiian islands to the United States of America, took place Thursday morning when Governor S. B. Dole, first executive of the American territory, was inaugurated. The oath of office was taken and the inaugural address delivered on the spot that was the scene of the other two events?the reading of the allimportant proclamation of 1893 and the flag-raising of 1898. QUEEN WELCOflES KHEDIVE. Head Potentate of Egypt Visits Windsor Castle In 5tate. A London dispatch says: The khedive of Egypt paid a state visit to Queen Victoria at Windsor cftstle Thursday afternoou. Accompanied by the Duke of York and the Turkish ambassador, he drove in state, escorted by household cavalry, to the Paddington railroad station, wheuce lie ook a train for Windsor. The Dnko >f Connaught there joined tho party ?nd accompanied his highness to the ustle. TO SURPRISE DEFENSE. Prosecution In Ooebel Case Have Card Up Their Sleeve. A Frankfort, Ky., dispatch says: Governor Beckham, at tho instance oi T. Campbell, has made requisition on Governor Tyler, of Virginia, for a Goebel suspect whose name is withheld. It is said this arrest will surprise the defense. Frankliu county officers left Thursday night for Biek* moBch WARNER RAISED ROW Ohio Man Denounced at Meeting of Monetary League For Belittling "16 to i." The placidity of tbo meeting of the United States Monetary League at Kansas City Monday was considerably ruftled in the closing hours by stateraents-from General A. J. Warner, of Ohio, who was a volunteer speaker, takiDg the time and place which had been assigned to Mr. Sulzer, who failed to appear. General Warner was introduced by ex-Governor St. John, who called him the father of the cause of free silver. General Warner caused the first flutter of excitement by 6aying that so far as he knew there was no proposition to chancre tho ratio of coinage. The live question of the hour, he added, is to get silver restored1 to its place, where it would hare the satqe rights as gold. "I don't cane anything about the ratio of 16 to 1,* he said. "Get silver restored," he added. "Catch your hare first, then cook it. Regulate silver automatically and you settle the question. I sometimes think we have laid too much stress ou 15 to 1. I am iu favor of it, but there are and must always be conditions which may change the ratio." Mr. Berry, of Pennsylvania, interrupted and asked if General Warner was not giving away some of the secrets of the platform. Before General Warner could reply, Mr. Harvey asked him: "Do you understand the history of free coinage?" General Warner replied without perturbation that he had made a study of it, and he begged leave to say to Mr. Harvey and others that there had been no legal action taken by congress on the question of ratio. Interruptions followed with rapidity and exceptions to the speaker's views became heated. Waiting a moment for - ? ^ 1 tit quier, vjeuerai n aruer wuuuucu, "I tell you the qaestion of 16 to 1 is goiDg to cut little figure in this campaign. The issues will be antiimperialism and trusts, and what we should do for humanity, and the question of ratio will sink into infinitesimal insignificance." Mr. Harvey leaped upon a table, and repeating former statements, he added: "If the people do not instruct congress before election on the question of ratio, congress would never agree. And I stand here to say to you," pointing to General Warner, "16 to 1 has been demanded by our leader, Colonel Bryan, and we will follow his lead." BROWN APPOINTED To Succeed Coh L. N. Trammel!, Deceased, on the Georgia State Railroad Commission. Hon. Pope Brown,of Pulaski county, has been appointed railroad commissioner for Georgia by Governor Candler to succeed the late Colonel L. N. Trammell. Mf. Brown has been in close touch with the governor for a number of years, and in addition to that he is one of the strongest men in the state. The governor intimated he would appoint a farmer on the board and that the man would come from middle Georgia and Mr. Brown was picked rfht as being the next commissioner. The appointment of Mr. Brown will be until the next meeting of the general assembly in October, when he will again be appointed by the governor and his name sent to the senate for confirmation. Mr. Brown will fill the unexpired term of Mr. Trammell, which is for five years. "" ' -' ?L. m Krvn i xne salary 01 iue omue ia v>i,uuu pei annum. Hon. Pope Brown's personal history began on a farm in Pulaski county, but be was given a good education and graduated at Mercer university. After that he went into the cotton business at a Kawkinsville warehouse, where he was quite successful. About twenty years ago Mr. Brown, then a young man, decided that business methods applied to farming would reap as good a reward as in other pursuits. Accordingly be bought laud on credit and went to farming. Since that time, out of the products of the soil, he has bought and paid for 5,000 acres of the best land in Pulaski county. He spends most of his time on the farm in active charge of its operations. "Jim Crow" Law Effective. What is known as the "Jim Crow" car law, providing for the separation of whites and blacks on railway trains, went into operation in Virginia July 1st, and so far seems to be working smoothly. No trouble is reported on any of the lines centering in Richmond. Conference Called By Culver. State Commissioner of Agriculture Culver, of Alabama, has issued a call for a conference of bankers, warehousemen, commission men and planters to meet at Montgomery on July 18th. ALLEGED HURDERER CAUOHT. Negro With Many Aliases Captured at Pensacola, Fla. Will Smith, a notorious negro with several aliases, was arrested in Pensacola, Fla., Monday night on the charge of killing W. B. Moore, of Grovetown, Ga., on May 19th, at Molioa, Fla. Seven negroes have now been arrested in connection with the killing, but Smith is the one who tired the fatal shot from a Winchester, which struck young Moore in the neck, instantly killing him. END OF ST. LOUIS STRIKE. Officials and Employees of Transit Company Sign Agreement. An agreement drawn up between the St. Louis Transit company and its former employees was signed Monday night by representatives of the Transit company and by the executive committee of the employees, which ends the strike. The provisions of the agreement of March 10, 1900, as to the rates of pay aud hours of service will be continued ?"c force by the company, SITUATION GROWING MORE GOHPLIGATED Rebellion In Chins Shows Greater Strength Each Day. GOVERNMENT POWERLESS Butchery of Von Ketteler Indicates Ferocity of Boxers. A Washington special says: Complications in China, the posibility of an extra session of congress and the probable recall of President McKinley to Washington from Canton, over*!.? TT ?nnon Pifw flnnroniifiri BUttUU W B Ilia JLIOUDBO V??J WU1VI4..VU and dwarfs the Republican campaign. A member of the cabinet, who is familiar with all the details of the Chinese question, so far as official developments are concerned, in commenting npon Admiral Kempff's latest official dispatch from Che Foo, says the point had not been reached to justify the United States in making a formal declaration of war against the Chinese government. "It is evident from the information we have received," he went on to say, "that China is in a state of revolt, and the government of the empire is unable to put down the uprising prevailing in Pekin and vicinity. We have received many conflicting reports and thus far we have no direct evidence that the Chinese government is responsible for the depredations already committed on foreigners." "To what extent must the Chinese go before our government will?be warranted in formally declaring war?" I asked. "That depends entirely upon circumstances," replied the cabinet officer. "There are many questions to be considered before taking such a step. First, we must be assured that the Chinese government has violated the laws of iuterconrse supposed to exist between friendly powers. Then, we must be certain that tho government is a participant in the depredations against representatives and citizens of the United States, or indirectly sympathizing and encouraging the violators of international agreements. "In addition, we must consider whether it will be to our advantage to go to war with China or whether we can protect the rights of our citizens without going to that extreme. KKTTELEB HACKED TO PIECES. Official dispatches received by the consular body at Shanghai confirm in the fullest manner the report of the butchery of Baron Vau Xetteler, the German minister, on Jnne 18th. The ambassador was riding on Legation street when he was attacked by Chinese troops and boxers, dragged from his horse and killed. His body wa3 hacked to pieces with swords. The German legation and six other buildings were bnrned and a number of servants of the legation were killed and their bodies thrown into the flames. Official confirmation of this ghastly business has created the utmost consternation among the consuls general of the powers who express fears that a war l'outrance will be declared against the Pekin government The consuls entertain little hope that any foreigners are left alive in the capital. There were 100 foreigners connected with the legations, fifty in the custom house. English and American touribts and others to the number of 150, and nearly 500 legation guards. WORST STORIES CONFIRMED. Bad news was received in Washington Monday morning from Admiral Kempfif, concerning the worst stories which have emanated from China relative to the conditions at Pekin and a feeling of disquiet was noticeable among administration officials and diplomats. The German embassy showed particular anxiety for information respecting the sad end of Baron von Ketteler, and in the course of I the afternoon Secretary Hermann, of ! the embassy, paid a special visit to the state department to inquire. M. Thiebaut, the charge of the French .embassy, also called in quest of information, it was said. These visits revived rumors that an effort is afoot to reach an international agreement respecting the conduct of the forces of the powers in China. NOAKS DEPENDS ON ALIBI. Alleged Goebel Murder Suspect Claims To Be Innocent. Dnlin.i Vnalra an.iiail af Rtrr Qfnna XWUUX tr 11 vonoy (UtuODVU ?v p^vvuw i Gap, Va., as a Goebol murderer suspect has given out a statement wherein he says that he left Frankfort January 25th, and had not been in the state of Kentucky again until April 14th, and that he could prove an albi when placed on trial. Botha Qivea Bond. Advices from Cape Town state that Commandant Philip Botha, who was captured by the British May 17th, has been released under heavy bail. He is to reside in Aliwalnorth until conclusion of preliminary examination. DEFENDED CUBAN WOMEN. Captain of Transport Sedge wick Knocked Down By Frye. A Boston, Mass., dispatch says: Superintendent Alexis Fryo, in charge of the Cuban teachers coming to Hari v 1 _ ii 1: :il /i vara, naa an auercauuu wim cupiaiu McHarg, U. S. A., commanding the transport Sedgwick, at sea, over alleged bad treatment of the women by the captain. Captain Fryo called McHarg a car and a coward and knocked him down the companion way. NO CHANdE Jf5 YET. Situation In China Continues to Cause Great Alarm. None of the members of the cabinet who were present at Friday's meeting conld see the least change for the better in the Chinese situation. Secretary Hay was not present nor was Secretary Gage, but the other members said that nothing had been heard from the ministers stationed at Pekin, and this fact was causing the greatest i alarm for their safetyi WOOLEY NOfllNATED For President By Prohibitionists At Their National Convention Held In Chicago. The prohibition national convention at Chicago adjourned sine die Thursday, after having placed in nomination for president John G. Woolley, of Illinois, and for vice president H. B. Metcalf, of Rhode Island. The nominations in each instance were made on the first ballot. The candicMes for the presidential nomination balloted for were Mr. NVoolIey and Rev. S. C. Stvallow of Pennsylvania, Hale Johnson of Illinois withdrawing his name at the last moment and throwing his strength to Mr. Woolley. This undoubtedly had a great effect upon the result, as the convention earlier in tho day bad been nearly stampeded for Swallow by an eloquent speech of Homer Castle of Pittsburg, and had the friends of the Pennsylvania clergyman forced a ballot at that time the result might have been different. For vice president three candidates were balloted for?H. B. Metcalf, Thomas R. Caskardon, of West Virginia, and Rev. L. Eaton, of Iowa, Mr..Metcalf receiving an overwhelming majority of the votes cast. Immediately after the announcement of the result of the ballot for the the presidential nomination Dr. Swal low was proposed as the vice presidential nominee. The convention went wild over the suggestion, bnt Dr. Swallow, after a hurried conference with tho Pennsylvania delegation, refused to accept the nomination. During the last day's session Chairman Stewart, of the national committee, called for contributions for the campaign and over $7,000 was realized in a few minutes. John G. Woolley is descended in a direct line from Emanuel Woolley, an English Quaker and friend of George Fox, who came to New England in 1658 and later became a large land owner in New Jersey, which is still the family seat. Dr. Woolley was born at Oollinsville, O., February 15, 1850. He was graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan university in J871, practiced law in Paris, 111., Minneapolis and New York nntil 1888, when he became a Prohibitionist, and from accepting occasional invitations to speak upon the liquor traffic, drifted out of the practice of his profession into the lecture field. He has resided in Chicago since 1892. Henry B. Metcalf, of Rhode Island, prohibition nominee for vice president, was born seventy-one years ago. He is president of the Erovidence County Savings bank. Mr. Metcalf was formerly a Republican, but joined the Prohibition party several years ago, and has been prominently identified with that party since. He has been the candidate of his party for governor ieveral times. COTTON IN BAD WAY. Black Root Prevails on Some Farms In South Georgia. An Atlanta dispatch says; Commissioner of Agriculture 0. B. Stevens says that black root, ^ very damaging disease, has been discovered in the cotton crop in Soqth Georgia. Reports have been coming in from the farmers telling him of a peculiar color the cotton has and describing the roots of the cotton plant to be black. Remedies for the disease were asked for. Mr. Stevens in speaking of the black root says: "Black root is a terrible thing for cotton. It always destroys it and if the reports that I have been getting for the last two days are true, the cotton crop in this state has been greatly damaged and the loss will amount to thousands of dollars." LI HUNQ HEARD FROM. Chinese Minister In Washington Gets Cable From Great Diplomat. Minister Wu called at the state department Thursday afternoon and exhibited th& following cablegram to Secretary Hay: "Canton, June 28.?The legation ministers having left Pekin are now twelvo miles from Tien Tsin with Ad miral Seymour. Li Hung Chang." The minister explained that the cablegram reached him from the Chinese minister in London. He believes the cablegram to be correct. PREDICTS FEARFUL STRUGQLE. German Officer Just From China Talks Of the Situation There. General Stahl, of the Imperial German army, who has been investigating conditions in the Orient under a special commission from the German government, arrived at Vancouver, B. C.f Thursday on his way home. When I asked if he thought the Boxers would j be quickly suppressed, he said that in i his opinion the powers had started in ' upon a long, bloody conflict. In the end, the Boxers would be disbanded, but the destruction of life would be appalling for the movement was spreading like wild fire, throughout China's vast territory. HILL TURNED DOWN. Arkansas Democrats Refused to Indorse New York Man. Having completed its labors, the , Arkansas Democratic state convention adjourned at Little Rock Wednesday afternoon. The delegation to the national convention was unanimously instructed to vote for W. J. Bryan for president. A resolution instructing for David B. Hill for vice president was withdrawn, it being claimed by many delegates that Hill is an advo- J cate of the gold standard. MESSAGE FROM SEYMOUR. British General Reports Casualties of the Tien Tsin Battle. Admiral Seymour, it is said, succeeded in getting a message into Tien Tsin on last Monday, according to which ho was eight miles westward, terribly harrassed, could only hold out another two days, and had 63 killedand over 200 wounded. He did not mention the ministers or others from Pekin. BOERS BEATEN ' IN TWO FIGHTS I Lord Roberts Reports They , Were "Discomfitted." ! ) BURGHERS BEGIN ATTACK ; i ** ?-- n ^ i lHsqnieiiiig at;puns ncgaiuiMg uk . Hospital Reaches London and Roh- j erts Explains Matter Fallj. < . _ ^ Lord Roberts has sent bulletins to 1 London of two email fights occurring \ cm June 26th and June 27th in which i the Boers were discomfited. In a dis- , patch from Pretoria dated Thursday he says: "A small force of mounted troops, with mounted guns, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Dreiper was attacked by the enemy under Prefers and Nel, on the morning of Juno 26th, seven miles north of Senokal. They beat off the enemy and burned their laagers. Our casualties were three wounded and ten killed. "Hunter, temporarily commanding Ian Hamilton's, made a march yesterday from Heidelberg toward Frankfort without meeting any opposition. "The enemy attacked our Roodeval x 1 ? ? ? ?1 ? nprun post ua mu canw?jr jcoioiu^, (Thursday), but were easily beaten off by a detachment of the Derbyshire light infantry, the West Australian mounted, a fifteen pounder and an armoured train. "Baden-Powell reports the capture of an influential Boer named Bay, who was endeavoring to raise a commando in the Bnstinbnrg district. A patro> brought in over a hundred rifles. More than 4,000 rifles and 1,000 inferior pieces have been taken during the last few days. "He states that thirty Boers have arrived at Bustenburg, going to their homes from Delareys commando. They would have left before if they had seen the proclamation which was carefully withheld by the Boer authority." Lord Roberts says that Wednesday, June 27th, was a record market day in Pretoria for Boer farmers selling produce. Parties of Boers are still hanging on General Bnller's flanks. F. B. Burnham, the American scout, is invalided. On June 20th the war office cabled Lord Boberts that disquieting reports regarding the hospital were accumulating, and asked him if anything could be done, and particularly if more nurses were needed. On June 25th Lord Boberts replied, saying that he did not wish to shirk responsibility or to screen the shortcomings of the medical corps, and he suggested a committee of inquiry. He said that there had been an abnormal number of sick at Bloemfontein due to the exhausting nature of the march and ihe terribly unsanitary condition of the camp at Paardeburg, vhere the only water available for drinking flowed from the Boer camp higher up, i where the river wA crowded with de- < composing animals and also with a number of wounded after the fight on March 10th. To improvise accommodations at Bloemfontein for snch a number, which had become 2,000 before he left Bloemfontein, was no easy task, said Lord Boberts. No tents were carried, and the pnblic bnildings had to be turned into hospitals. In three months there had been 6,369 admissions to the hospitals of patients suffering from enteric fever, while the deaths numbered about 1,370?about 21 per cent. Lord Boberts observed that he did not know whether this would be an abnormal rate in civil hospitals in peaoe times, but if the rate was abnormal it was due to the exhausted state of the men, and not to the neglect of the medical corps. RUSSIA IS PREPARING. Secret Orders Are Issued For flob ill. ration of Big Army. The Vor'earts (Qerman newspaper) , says: "From an absolutely reliable source we hear the Bussiau war min ister has sent to all military and civu anthorities in Bnssia secret orders to prepare everything for mobilization." GEORGIA'S DELEGATION Hauled to Kansas City on Famous Special Car, "Sixteen to One." "Sixteen to One," the famous car that carried Georgia's delegation to ( Chicago in 1896, was attached to the 3 special leaving Atlanta for Kansas City Sunday night. It was on the trip tc Chicago four years ago that the special ( Pullman coach which has since be* ' ceme the private car of superintendent ' Y. E. McBee, of the Seaboard AirLine, was rechristened with the euphonious title of Sixteen to One. The special attracted a great deal of attention on the trip. 1 FROM MISSIONARY BROWN. Asks Hetbodist Episcopal Board if He Can Return Home. The following cable was received at the Methodist Episcopal mission board in New York, Thursday morning, from Tien Tsin from Rev. Dr. Brown, one of their missionaries in that district, ft is dated June 28 th: "Mission destroyed by fire. . About 160 killed. I think there k a serious a risk for foreigners. Will return in a i few days to Tien Tsin. Shall I return home? Will you permit?" DEATH OF ADMIRAL PHILIP. 1 Commanded Battleship Texas When Cervera's Fleet Was Destroyed. Rear Admiral John W. Philip, com- ( mandant of the Brooklyn navy yard, i died at 3:15 Sunday afternoon of c heart disease. Admiral Philip com- e manded the battleship Texas and i participated in the destruction of Cer- I vera's fleet Upon being raised to the < grade of rear admiral by the passage 1 of the naval personnel bill,' he became i commandant Brooklyn navy yard. 1 - -*. .. v, -^ssKHEKiSHBiSKSlBBSHflS COL. TRAMMELL DEAU Was Chairman of the Georgia Railroad Commission For Many YearsAfter an illness of six weeks Colonel rrammell, chairman of the railroad commission of Georgia, died at his borne in Marietta early Friday morning. All members of his family were at bis bedside at the time of his death, rhey had been there all night, waiting aud hoping for some signs of return- ' ing strength. The beginning of the end came at noon on Thursday. Pre- > g pinna in that time he had rallied con siderably and it was believed by his Xj family and friends that he would re- :-]fi It was a complication of din pesos ^ % that caused the death of Colpnel Irammell. Chief among them was an acute stomach trouble. This, com- Xlf bined with extreme nervousness end e ij| Bluggish circulation, so enfeebled his || constitution and sapped his strength X'JS that the restoratives of the physicians ~ j| had but little effect Colonel Trammel 1 has been a mem- % ber of the Georgia railroad commission since 1881, and during the term of his service his headquarters have been in the capitol building. He was , probably one of the best known men in the state, and being at the headquarters of the state government for so many years, was in touch with prominent men from all sections in Georgia, X and being a member of the railroad commission, he was known also throughout the United States. Xf|H As soon as Governor Candler heard.^ the news of Colonel Trammell's death ' he ordered the flag to float at half GUERRILLA TACTICS Are Now Being Employed Against :X Britons By the Desperate "M9 Transvaalers. ' According to London advioea Boer - guerilla operations are reported, from ^ points on Orange river colony. r M i The war office has received the foi-? : lowing from Lord Boberts: 3 ' 'Pretoria, Jane 29.?Paget reportrvj ' ? from Lindley ho was engagedon Jubul*?* 26th with a body of the enemy strongm! , re-enforced during the day. A oon- ^ voy of stores for the Lindley garriaajj|i| | was also attacked.on Jane 26th, bus|l after a heavy rear gnard action,' the convoy reached Lindley in safety. v ' "Our casualties were ten killed and<l :: four officers and about fifty meft|| "The fight reported yesterday Ufi3S| |fl under Lientenant Colonel Qronfel^| not Dreiper. Brabant came upduring; M the engagement | Total casualties of the two <xriumiMfcJ| three killed, twenty-three wounded. " : "On the previous day near Ficke- 3 burg, Boyes' brigade was in actkm^ with a body of the enemy. || "Our casualties were two offioers .;j killed, four men wounded and tflli | man missing. 1 "Methuen found yesterday that the; ^ || Boer laager near Yachkop and Spitat^| < Eop had been hastily removed in the | direction of Lindley. He followed ^ enemy twelve miles and captured m sheep and 500 head of cattle which tMjP '||| enemy had seized- in that neiridNM^ hood. Our casualties were four me* | .?? "Hunter continued his march ^ terdav toward the Vaal river unop^-'^fl posed. A few farmers along the *<*?|8>tlS have surrendered. Springs, the tMgSH inus of the railway from Johanaee?g burg, was attacked early yesterday^ ^ morning: The Canadian regims8?|| 'JM which garrisons the place, beat off ; enemy." fl Boer official reports from Waehoflfeg ^ dorp aver that a part of the British '% ~:j? convoy was captnred on June 28d? near Winburg. || The Lonrenzo Marques ooiTaspotf?p ';;p dent of The Times says: || ''Both the burghers and the foreign* > '% era who are arriving fibre profess ' J| strong belief that it will take from three to six months to subdue theNi "-fg Boers." :jM ?.nothqr dispatch from Lourenao^ Marqnes says: 3 "A consignment to a foreign Itaig \|| marked 'Dutch cheese damaged* propyl ed on landing to contain army boot*.;?, ..J| for the Boers; it passed the oustoiiiKg nevertheless with nnasnal dispatch and the British consul is making iip*5| % resentations to the Portuguese gotenb^l 3 ment." _ :j$m . . flUST LAND AT TAKU. Admiral Kempff Advises Pi part meal S|| Regarding Oar Troops hi China. jl The following cablegram was re* 'l | seived Thorsqay morning goat ? ^ Che Foo, Jane 28.?Seerelaty^J "4m Havy, Washington: "About 2,000 :J? sign troops now ashore. Soldiers oip-^ lered should report at Takn instead * %|1 )f the Che Foo. Substituted rille for Yorktown at Che Foo. Yoffc?|? town used as dispatch boat, being ~ Is more suitable. Rkmftf." | EnPEROR WILLIAM AROUSED* j| ' 'A Vill Demand Satisfaction For tfcfej -;;4 /larder of Von Ketteler. % From well authenticated iiiiiiiosifnj ; 'g he Associated Press representative anj| . Berlin, Germany, is able to state nflgiS| -"J he detailed statement by Connlwaig| :;Jg 3uelow, secretary of state for for?ig|^ p iffairs, regarding the Chinese sM^S ^ ion, Emperor William made up hJd|| jjg nind to insist upon full satisfaction! or the death of Baron von Keiteler,*; or which purpose he resolved to aoudf>1 Itogether armed foroee approximately & 1S s large as the other powers. I ? - - ' ? hi ONLY FOUR CONTESTS i To Be Settled !q the National Demo* | era tic Convention. 1 So far as the Democratic national |S committee is informed the convention ' IS rill have four contests to decide. Only |jj :;|I >ne of these controversies involves a j ;M itate delegation. Two of the others ^Ji -efer to the representation of temtovv^ W ries and the other to the Diatriot oi Columbia. The state contest is over 'M ;he representation from Montana, and M ihe two territories involved are Okie* H J| loins and Indian territory. :j|||